Editing “strategy of tension” (section)

==Key Attacks==

	1	Piazza Fontana Bombing (December 12, 1969): A bomb at Milan’s Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura killed 17 and injured 88, marking the strategy’s onset. Neo-fascists Giuseppe Pinelli and Pietro Valpreda were initially blamed, with Pinelli dying in police custody (officially a fall, likely murder). Investigations by magistrate Felice Casson revealed neo-fascist operatives, including Vinciguerra, used Gladio explosives, with SID covering up evidence to frame anarchists.

	2	Peteano Bombing (May 31, 1972): A car bomb in Peteano killed three carabinieri. Vinciguerra, convicted for the attack, admitted using C4 from Gladio caches and testified that the operation aimed to blame leftists, with SID complicity in misdirecting the investigation.

	3	Italicus Express Bombing (August 4, 1974): A bomb on the Rome-Munich train killed 12 and injured 48. Neo-fascists linked to Ordine Nuovo were suspected, with a 1981 parliamentary inquiry confirming P2 and Gladio’s role in financing and instigating the attack.

	4	Bologna Train Station Bombing (August 2, 1980): The deadliest attack, killing 85 and injuring over 200, targeted Bologna’s central station. Neo-fascists Valerio Fioravanti and Francesca Mambro of the Armed Revolutionary Nuclei (NAR) were convicted, but evidence pointed to Gladio-supplied explosives and P2 coordination. The attack aimed to disrupt Bologna’s left-leaning governance.

	5	Other Incidents: Over 150 attacks occurred, including the Brescia Piazza della Loggia bombing (May 28, 1974, 8 deaths) and numerous smaller bombings. Assassinations, such as that of magistrate Vittorio Occorsio (1976), who investigated neo-fascist groups, were linked to the strategy to silence critics.